Pubdate: Thu, 07 Jun 2012
Source: Los Angeles Times (CA)
Copyright: 2012 Los Angeles Times
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Author: Stephen Downing

BIG IDEAS ABOUT BIG SUGARY DRINKS

Re "The 16-ounce solution," Editorial, June 1

The simplest way for New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to ban large 
sugary drinks is to petition Congress to put them on Schedule I of 
the Controlled Substances Act, along with marijuana. That way the 
sugary drink will be classified as having no medicinal value and he 
can expand his anti-obesity program nationwide by using the Drug 
Enforcement Administration.

Federal asset seizure laws could also be used to grab restaurant 
rental properties, fountain equipment, industry bank accounts, 
delivery trucks and even the passenger vehicles that big cup pushers 
drive to work.

The downside is that the cartels will take over the new black market. 
But the government will be protecting us from ourselves. That's its job, right?

Stephen Downing

Long Beach
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